The Family Business Law Practice Group is an invaluable resource for both family-owned businesses (in which the owners and directors are related) and closely held businesses (in which the owners and directors consider themselves family). Our attorneys offer not just excellent legal skills, but also a sincere appreciation and empathy for those who’ve built a business from the ground up.
We provide a wide range of services for these clients, including business formation, commercial contracts, employee relations, regulatory compliance, and civil litigation. One of the most critical services we provide is succession planning. We understand that planning for the future can be an emotion-fraught issue when family and friends are involved, and we are skilled at negotiating both the legal and personal aspects of such a plan.
Many clients rely on us for a broader perspective than strictly legal. For these clients, we are partners in problem solving. They have called on us to, among other things, analyze merger and acquisition potential, evaluate employee benefits, strengthen relationships with vendors and suppliers, make connections with consultants, and run interference with the media. Most of all, they count on us to ask the questions they haven’t considered.
Doing all this requires that we get to know a client’s business inside and out. We get to know their people, their operations, and their dreams. We learn how they think. And we help them thrive.